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Covid-19: Bulgarian President vetoes State of Emergency measures bill

March 22, 2020March 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev said on March 22 that he was vetoing some provisions of the State of Emergency measures

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria to give 1000 leva a month extra to all medical professionals on frontline against Covid-19

March 15, 2020March 16, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, new coronavirus, Roumen Radev

The Bulgarian state will give 1000 leva (about 500 euro) extra a month to every medical professional on the frontline

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian President Radev slams cancellation of national day Shipka Peak ceremony

March 3, 2020March 4, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus, Roumen Radev

Notwithstanding the cancellation of Bulgaria’s March 3 national day ceremony on Shipka Peak, President Roumen Radev went to the site,

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Bulgaria 

Bulgarian PM scorns President’s ‘withdrawal of confidence’ in government

February 4, 2020February 4, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borissov expressed surprise at the February 4 announcement by President Roumen Radev that he was withdrawing

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Bulgarian President Radev’s ‘withdrawal of confidence’ is latest in succession of clashes with Borissov government

February 4, 2020 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, Roumen Radev

The speech to the nation by Bulgarian President Roumen Radev on February 4 in which he said he was withdrawing

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria’s President Radev: ‘As of today, I am officially withdrawing my confidence in the government’

February 4, 2020February 7, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

In a live televised address to the nation on February 4, Bulgarian head of state President Roumen Radev said that

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Bulgaria 

Bulgaria prosecutors seek clarity on presidential immunity, release wire-taps

January 28, 2020January 31, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Roumen Radev

Bulgaria’s prosecutor’s office said on January 28 that Prosecutor-General Ivan Geshev’s request for a Constitutional Court ruling on presidential immunity

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Bulgaria 

President Radev: Bulgaria did not allow a single Bulgarian Jew to be sent to death camps

January 23, 2020January 27, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Bulgarian Jews, Roumen Radev

Bulgarian President Roumen Radev, attending the World Holocaust Forum 2020 at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem on January 23, said: “Bulgaria

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Bulgaria 

President of Israel says experts ready to help Bulgaria against water crisis

January 21, 2020January 23, 2020 The Sofia Globe staff Israel, Roumen Radev

The bilateral partnerships in innovation, security and good practices in water management were discussed by Presidents Roumen Radev and Reuven

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